Supporting-leg construction



May 26,1925. V 1,539,112

I J. E. GLOEKLER SUPPORTING. LEG CONSTRUCTION Filed Oct. 18, 1 24 Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,539,112 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN EDWARD GLOEKLER, F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUPPORTING-LEG- CONSTRUC'I ION.

Application filed October 18, 1924. Serial No. 744,435.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN EDWARD -GLOEKLER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Pitts burgh, county of; Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, havetinvientcd certain new and useful Improvements in Supporting- Leg Construction, of which the following is a specification. r

, My invention compr ses new and am roved meansv forfattaching the supporting I egs to sinks, tubs, table-tops and the like, and also in' a new and improved leg con struction for such purposes.

While useful for a great many purposes where an article of furniture or a horizontal surface. istobe supported in spaced relation to the floor or ground, I particularly design my present invention for the support of relativelyheavy sinks, tubs and table-tops I whichhare frequently made'of pressed sheet metal or plate, andsuch as are in use in hotel kitehcgig public laundrics, etc.- e 0 One of t jects which I have in view is a better and firmer support, thereby preventing the sagging or warlpingof the metal or other material. Another object is to facilitate the accurate leveling of the article or surface supported, thereby providing a firm stand for the same and compensating for irregularities 1n the floor.

' My improved means for securing the upper end of the leg to the sink or other article of. furniture comprises a bracket which is of the "following construction. A horizontally disposed plate portion fits up beneath. the bottom or-horizontal portion of the article to be supported at the corner of the same, and said plate portion is provided with a down-turned flange which bears from within against the depending skirt of the article to be supported, clamping members such as bolts extending through said .fiange andskirt to anchor the bracket firinl in tion. The plate portion is provi ed wlth a depending socket into which the upper end of the leg. member is inserted to the proper degree to give the desired elevation. I prefor that the leg member be screwed into the socket. The lower end of the leg member is preferably provided with a foot member to give a more extended bearing surface, and

said foot is also preferably adjusted on theleg, as by screw engagement, thus providing further means for leveling. Other novel features of construction,

' the following construction.

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tended below the bottom, thus forming a de pending skirt, and the bottom is provided with a depending perimetral flange 3 which fits against said skirt and whichiis permaa metal sink to which my neatly attached thereto, asby soldering or spot-welding.

The particular construction of the sink or votherarticle-of furniture is in itself no part' of my invention, but in the attachment of my improved corner brackets it is necessary that the bottom or horizontal surface whic is to be supported be set somewhat above the lower edges of the vertical wall, so thatthe brackets may be positioned in the corners of the latter and he bolted through the same I as will behcreinafter explained.

B represents my corner brackets, which are preferably integral castings, and one of which is provided at each of the four corners of the sink. These brackets, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, are of substantially 4 is a horizontally dis osed plate and of generally triangu ar' shape, 0 which the two side edges in rectangular relation to each other fit against flangesS of the bottom 2, while the plate 4 so ports the bottom 2 from below. The liite portion 4 may be flat to bear for'its ull area. against thebottom, but I prcferto provide the-plate with low ribs 5 upon which the bottom 2 rests. It'is. thus seen that the plate'4 c0nstitutcs a supporting platform for the bottom at the corners thereof. The edges of the plate 4 which bear against the-flange 3 of the bottom 2 are provided with an integral dc ending flange 6 which fits flat up against t 1e flange 3, or, where the bottom is not provided with a dependin" flange, said flange 6 fits against the depending por-f tion of the vertical walls 1. Y

ortion =10. dependingivgfrom the under, side of the vertical walls 1 and th'eliange 3 are provided with registering bolt holes 7 which holes also register with bolt holes or notches .8 in the flange 6 of the bracket B. 9 are bolts inserted'through the holesand slots with nuts tightened to their ends to firmly anchor the bracket B in place. If desired rivetsor other-clamping means may be substitutedforthe bolts;

Th brackets B are provided with sockets plates'orplatfqrgnxi, andlthe upper ends of the leg members-C are inserted to the proper degree; in -said sockets-and held stationary therein. prefe eaduthe interior of thus permittinglth l gel-to be screwedinto the sockets to the-proper degree to give the kit) desired .elevation to the "article supported. The legs may be short lengths'of pipe or metal rod. The lowerjends of the legs are preferably provided with adjustable. foot members D, thus furnishing a more extended bearing on the floor, and also'providin'g for the accurate leveling so as to compen-f capable of a two-fold adjustment. Thus their degree of insertion into the sockets 10 for all the legs. This may also be accomplished by. adjusting the f ot members D- on the legs. In practice the egs are usually 'adjustedin the sockets 10 to obtain uniform legslength, and then when the article of furniture is installed the foot members D are adjusted to compensate for floor irregularities, thus insurin a levelfand firm support for the sink Or t e like.

The method now in general use for supporting pressed metal sinks and tubs is to bolt the legs to the exterior surface of the ionof the leg ends,

wardly under its burden or load and will not drain properly through the waste. Also the ,.vertical walls lose their alinement by the doivn-drag of the bottom.

' Such distortion of the sink or tub is avoidedby" the use of my invention,since my leg corner brackets afi'ord direct support from below 'for the bottom of the sink or tub, and at the same time the vertical walls are also directly supported by the bracket.

Thus the load carried by the bottom is transmitted directly to the legs and the un desirable results of indirect support are ob viated.

My'improved leg construction presents an attractive, substantial and durable appearance and is of'relatively small cost.

What I desire to claim is 1. For use for supporting a sink, tub,

flange which fits from within against the skirt portion and. is fixed the'reto andb socket depending from the platform within the planes of the skirt portion, and a leg and held fixed in said socket. I

2. For. use for supporting a sink, tub, table-top and the like which ischaracterized .member having its upper end inserted in may be, regulated to obtain uniform length f by a skirt portion depend-ing below thehorh zontal portion of the article, the combination of a corner bracket comprising a horizontal platform which 'supports'thc hori zontalportion of the article from below and a depending perimetral flange which fits from within againstthe skirt portion and is attached thereto to hold the bracket in position and a socket integral with in d depending from said platforn'i, and a leg portion having its' upper end adjustably held in said socket.

Signed at Pittsbi'lrgh, of October, 1924. v

J OIIN EDWARD GLOEKLER.

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